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Case study · Brent

Wrap-around extension in Sudbury

Approved at second round by Brent Council in 18 weeks.

Project summary

Service
Wrap-around extension
Location
Sudbury, Brent
Property stock
1930s semi-detached
Article 4 in borough
Yes
Process duration
18 weeks
Outcome
Approved at second round

Completed house extension project in London — house extensions in London
The brief

What the client needed

A family in Sudbury approached us for wrap-around extension on a 1930s semi-detached property. Constraints: respecting streetscape rhythm typical of Brent, maintaining rear garden depth, and meeting Brent Council's design expectations for the conservation context (22 conservation areas borough-wide).

Design response

How we designed it

Measured survey week 1. Three design iterations balancing internal layout against external massing visible from neighbours. Two scheme massings tested against Brent Council's adopted design guidance. Chosen scheme matched existing roof pitch, used matching brick, set the new opening back from the eaves.

Planning route

Submission and decision

Submitted to Brent Council via the Planning Portal. With Article 4 in force in Brent, we confirmed our scheme retained the necessary permissions before submission. Officer comments minor, addressed in 5 days. Approved at second round.

Decision recorded Brent Council, statutory determination period.
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Wrap-around extension in Sudbury — rear extension plans laid out on site
Rear extension plans laid out on site — wrap-around extension in Sudbury.

Which postcode districts around Sudbury do we cover for house extensions work?

Every Sudbury postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a house extensions there. Sudbury fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not house extensions estimates.

PostcodeAreaDominant stockWhat it means for a house extensions
HA0Wembley / Sudbury1930s semi-detachedHA0 covers Wembley / Sudbury only; Brent Council handles the house extensions.
HA0Wembley1930s semi-detached, new-buildNeighbouring Wembley, where house extensions work is handled by the same Brent Council case officers.
NW6KilburnVictorian terraces, mansion blocksNeighbouring Kilburn, where house extensions work is handled by the same Brent Council case officers.
NW6Queen's ParkEdwardian villasNeighbouring Queen's Park, where house extensions work is handled by the same Brent Council case officers.
NW10HarlesdenVictorian terracesNeighbouring Harlesden, where house extensions work is handled by the same Brent Council case officers.
NW2MapesburyEdwardian villas and terracesNeighbouring Mapesbury, where house extensions work is handled by the same Brent Council case officers.
NW10Kensal GreenVictorian terracesNeighbouring Kensal Green, where house extensions work is handled by the same Brent Council case officers.
NW10WillesdenVictorian terraces, Edwardian terracesNeighbouring Willesden, where house extensions work is handled by the same Brent Council case officers.
NW10Neasden1930s semi-detached, post-warNeighbouring Neasden, where house extensions work is handled by the same Brent Council case officers.
NW2CricklewoodEdwardian terracesNeighbouring Cricklewood, where house extensions work is handled by the same Brent Council case officers.

What changes about a house extensions in each part of Sudbury?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few Sudbury streets, and each one changes what a house extensions can achieve at that address.

How do conservation areas and Article 4 affect a house extensions in Sudbury?

Sudbury conservation designations: there are 22 across Brent Council, Kensal Green, Harlesden, Sudbury Court among them. Designation costs a Sudbury owner the permitted-development route: a house extensions then needs a £548 householder application over 8 weeks, in place of the £249 prior approval route that takes 6 weeks. Sudbury Court is the Sudbury designation that most often changes a house extensions design.

Article 4 and your Sudbury house extensions: Article 4 for HMO conversions in specific streets around Wembley and Harlesden. At a HA0 address that matters twice over, because Brent Council applies the direction unevenly across Sudbury — we read the Sudbury policies map for the exact HA0 address before quoting house extensions.

Sudbury housing stock: Edwardian villas in Queen's Park and Mapesbury; Victorian terraces in Kilburn and Harlesden; 1930s semi-detached in Wembley; post-war tower blocks in Church End. Highly diverse borough; Queen's Park and Mapesbury are heritage-controlled; Wembley is a major regeneration hub. Read that before choosing a house extensions route in Sudbury — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable.

What happens if a Sudbury property sits on a boundary?

Sources for this Sudbury house extensions page: borough policies maps and conservation-area registers (2025–26), Royal Mail postcode district boundaries, the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (England) Regulations, the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended, and the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.

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